Natsuo Kirino

I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes…

— Natsuo Kirino

In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the…

— Natsuo Kirino

“The woman had gasped beneath his heavy body. He rubbed against her, lubricated by the warm, sticky liquid, but as her body…

— Natsuo Kirino

It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as…

— Natsuo Kirino

“But it did seem that the thing we are most proud of and the thing we are most ashamed of are but…

— Natsuo Kirino

“But even a nice mom and dad like this can't really sense how their child's been assaulted by commercialism ever since she…

— Natsuo Kirino

I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a…

— Natsuo Kirino

“I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”

— Natsuo Kirino

“For a nymphomaniac like myself, I suppose there could be no job more suitable than prostitution; it is my God-given destiny. No…

— Natsuo Kirino

Let's face it: the world is twisted. And rotten.

— Natsuo Kirino

“So something that never should have happened did, all because of my thoughts and actions. A clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship. I was the…

— Natsuo Kirino

“This didn't make me sad exactly - it was more a feeling that my own world was too simple, too smooth, too…

— Natsuo Kirino

“Maybe what I want is to cut all ties with everybody. The thread or something that keeps me connected to the world,…

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'Out' was my real breakthrough, the novel that became a hit in Japan and sold a lot of books, so it was…

— Natsuo Kirino

For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her…

— Natsuo Kirino

I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.

— Natsuo Kirino

“Men live by rules they've made for themselves. And among those rules is one specifying that women are merely commodities for men…

— Natsuo Kirino

If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die

— Natsuo Kirino

And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself?

— Natsuo Kirino

I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I…

— Natsuo Kirino

A women who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people's evaluations.

— Natsuo Kirino

I'm happy to be told that I am beautiful, but I don't gain anything from that.

— Natsuo Kirino

One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize…

— Natsuo Kirino

A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can…

— Natsuo Kirino

In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.

— Natsuo Kirino